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P. G. STIMSON Dec. 14, 1937.

COUNTER 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 25, 1934 INVENTOR @33 G. ohzmon ATTORNEY LII P. G. STIMSON Dec. 14, 1937.

COUNTER Filed Oct. 25, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOI? Cy G cglfmoon ATTORNEY Dec. 14, 1937. p STMSON 2,102,043

COUNTER Filed 001;. 25, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 /A/ VEN TUE-L F'EFFDY a 5 T/MSDN. by M M Ms A T TUPNE Y.

Patented Dec. 14, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 25, 1934, Serial No. 749,934

15 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide a plurality of counters which will count the number of transactions within certain limits; that is, for one counter to count the number of money transactions between two certain amounts while another counter would count other transactions of greater amounts.

By way of illustration I show the invention as applied to the type of register shown in the patl0 ent issued September 6, 1932, to Albert S. Wheelbarger, et al., No. 1,876,118.

In a more limited sense, I have shown the invention as'applied to a register with two register operating mechanisms or keys, one of which represents a units bank and the other the tens bank. I have provided mechanism whereby one counter would count, for instance, all transactions between 11 and 50 on one counter and another counter would be operated to register between 51 and 99 inclusive.

Referring more specifically to the drawings:

Figure '1 is a side view of the machine, certain of the parts being partly broken away;

Figure 2 is a front elevational View of certain 25 of the parts shown in Figure l, certain of the parts being partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the cam mechanism to control the arm which actuates the counter;

30, Figure l is a detailed View of the cam arm employed when the number 11 is to be registered on the lowermost of the counters shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a side view of the cam arm to be 35 used when the number 51 is to be registered on the uppermost of the counters shown in Figure 1;

Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views showing different operative positions of the cam mechanism.

40 In the said patent is shown a units lever i and a tens lever 2. Both of these levers are mounted on a shaft 3. Integral with the lever 2 are disks 4 and 5 which are operatively connected with a cam disk 6 provided with studs '1 and 8.

,5 Mounted on the stud l is a cam arm 9. Mounted on the stud 8 is a cam arm [0, which cam arm has a tail H which normally rests against a stud i2 carried by the cam disk 6.

The cam disk 6 is shown in Figure 3 in the po- 5 sition in which it would be if the tens lever 2 were in its zero position, in which position a roller 13 carried by a lever M will rest upon the left-hand portion of the arcuate surface [5. When the tens lever is in the tens position, that is, has been 55 moved one space, the said roller will rest on the right-hand portion of the arcuate surface I5 and will depress the nose l6 of the cam arm ID. The lever 14 is mounted on a stud l1 and at its other end it carries a pin i8 on which is mounted a link [9 which carries a pin on which is 5 mounted a lever 2| which is secured to a hub 22 on the shaft 3, which hub is also secured to a lever 23 which carries a pin 24 on which is hung a rod 25. At the lower end the rod 25 has a semi-circular cut-away portion 26 which 10' embraces a pin 21 on a push rod 28, a spring 29 holding the rod 25 in engagement with the said pin 27.

An operating lever 30 is secured to a gear 3| mounted on a shaft 32 which successively drives 15 gears 33, 34, and 35, the gear 35 being mounted on a shaft 36 to which'is secured an eccentric 31 which is received in a circular opening in the push rod 28 and, therefore, actuates the said push rod back and forth each time the register is 20 operated.

Two counters 38 and 39 are provided. If, for instance, it is desired to accumulate all transactions from 11 to 50 on one counter and those from 51 to 99 on a second counter, the counter 38 would count the number of transactions to register 11 to 50 inclusive and the counter 39 would count the higher transactions. Each of these counters is provided with a ratchet 40 which are actuated by push pawls 4i and 42 re- 30 spectively, which pawls are of well-known construction and require no particular explanation.

When the roller i3 is overlying the arcuate surface 15 and the units lever I is in its zero position, the rod 25 will be depressed so that the push rod 28 when actuated would be beneath the lowermost pawl 4i and neither counter would be actuated if the register were operated. If, however, the tens lever 2 were moved from its tens position to its twenty position, the cam disk 6 would be 40 rotated anti-clockwise so that the roller I3 would be pushed upwardly by the cam surface 43 and onto the arcuate surface 44, thereby raising the push rod 28 so that it would contact and actuate the pawl 4| and the counter 38 if the machine were operated. The arcuate surface 44 extends a sufficient distance so as to underlie the roller [3 at all positions of the tens lever 2 from 20 to inclusive. If the tens lever were moved from its 50 position to its 60 position, the cam surface 45 would move the roller l3 upwardly so that .the push rod 28 would be elevated so as to actuate the pawl 42 if the machine were actuated. The cam disk 5 is provided with an arcuate surface 46 on which the roller I3 would ride at all times when the tens lever 2 were in its 60 to 90 degree position inclusive.

The roller I3 therefore rides on the arcuate surface I5 while the tens lever is in its zero and tens position, it rides outwardly on the cam surface 43 while the tens lever is being moved from its tens to its twenty position, riding on the arcuate surface 44 when the tens lever is in its 20 to 50 position inclusive, riding outwardly on the cam surface 45 while the tens lever is being moved from its 50 to 60 position and riding on the arcuate surface 46 while the tens lever is in its 60 to 90 position.

If it is desired not to count on either counter up to some odd number, such as 11, the cam arm it affords the means to do this. Secured to the units lever I is a lever 47 provided with a stud 58 which underlies the cam arm I3. As shown in Figures 1 and 6, both the units and tens levers are in their zero positions. If now the tens lever is moved to itsv ten position, the cam arm III will be carried counter clockwise so that the stud 38' will ride off of the arcuate surface 69 of the cam arm Iii and will be located beyond the cam surface 50 of the said cam arm so that the surface SI of the cam arm will be adjacent the stud 48 and the end of the cam arm I remote from the stud 8'will be free to be moved inwardlyp As heretofore described, if the tens lever is in the tens position and the units lever is in its zero position, the roller I3 would have depressed the cam arm I8 but if the tens leverwere in its ten position and the units lever were now moved to its one position, the stud 48 would roll from the surface to the cam surface 5E and onto the arcuate surface 49 of the cam arm I0, thereby rotating this cam arm into the position in which it is shown in Figures 3 and '7, and elevating the roller I3 and through the arm and shoulder thereby elevating the push rod 28 so that it would actuate the pawl M if the machine were actuated. Obviously if the units lever was ad'- vanced prior to the advancement of the tens lever the cam arm Ill would be locked in its elevated position and the roller I 3 would ride over the beveled end thereof as it moved to its tens positions, thereby elevating the roller to adjust the push arm 28 to actuate the counter 38. It is, therefore, apparent that neither counter will be operated if only a is registered but the cam arm ID will elevate the roller I3 which will cause the lowermost counter 38 to be actuated if a 11 to a 19 is registered, while if a 20' is registered or any number greater than 20 up to and including 50 is registered the roller I3 will rest on the arcuate surface 44 of the cam disk 6.

If it is desired to switch from one counter to the other counter at some odd number, such as 51, the cam arm 9 provides such a mechanism. When the tens lever is moved to a position to register 50, and the units lever remains in its initial or zero position, as shown in Fig. 8, the cam surface 5 3 of the cam arm 9 will be moved beyond the stud 48, thus releasing the cam arm for movement and permitting the same to be depressed by the roller I3, thereby retaining the roller I3 in a position to cause the counter38 to be actuated. If now the units lever is advanced the stud48 will be moved forwardlyover the cam surface 54 of the cam arm 9 thus forcing that camarm outwardly and further elevating the stud "I3 to a position to 'face 5E on the cam arm Ill.

cause the counter 39 to be actuated, as shown in Fig. 9. If the units lever is adjusted prior to the adjustment of the tens lever the stud 48 will remain in engagement with the surface 53 of the cam arm, thus retaining the latter in its elevated position and the inclined end 52 of the cam arm will force the roller I3 outward as the cam mechanism is rotated by the tens lever.- When the tens lever is further advanced, to any position from 60 to 96, the peripheral surface 63 of the cam disk 6 will support the roller I3 in a position to cause the counter 39 to be ac tuated. The return of the units and tens levers to their initial positions restores the cam mechanism to its initial position, as shown in Figs. 1 and. 6. The lever 41 which carriers the stud ts may also be provided with a second stud, as shown in Figure 1, which functions when the units and tens levers are in certain relative positions but has no part in the operations above described. the arcuate surface 44 of the disk 6 which holds the roller I3 elevated so as to control the actuation of the counter 38 when the tens lever is in its 20 to 50 position, while the arm' fl holds.

It is, therefore, apparent that it is,

it still further elevated, so as to actuate the counter 39 as long as the tens lever is in its 50 position and the units lever is in its 1 to 9 position inclusive while the arcuate surface 46 of the disk 8 holds the roller I3 in position to control the actuation of the counter 39 in any position 60 to 90 inclusive, the units lever I having no bearing on this action inany position higher'than 60. r V

If desired, other counters might be added, such as a counter to be actuated when the push rod 28 is in the position shown in Figure l, which would in that case record all transactions from zero to 10 inclusive while the counter 38 would record transactions from 11 to 50, counter 33 would count transactions from 51 to 99 inclusive, and obviously as many additional counters might be added as desired.

If it is desired to switch from the counter 38 to counter 39 at 12, 13,'or any other number between -l0 and 20, the only change required would be to change the position of the cam sur- A like change would be made on the cam arm 9 if it is desired to change the point at which the counter would be changed from 51 to some other number between 50 and 60. Similar changes might be made in the positions of the cam surfaces 43 and 15 on the cam disk 6 so as to change the point at which the units lever 2 would elevate the roller I3.

I realize that many changes may be made in the specific form of the invention asshown by way of illustration herein and I desire to cover the invention broadly except as I might limit myself in the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. Ina register, an amount setting mechanism,

plurality of counters, a disk provided with stepped arcuate surfaces controlled by the tens setting mechanism, and actuating means for said counters, including a reciprocating means, and

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means controlled by the arcuate surfaces of said disk to position said reciprocating means to actuate one or the other of said counters.

3. In a register, a tens setting mechanism and a units setting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a disk provided with stepped arcuate surfaces controlled by the tens setting mechanism, a cam arm controlled by said units setting mechanism, a reciprocating means to actuate said counter, and means controlled by the arcuate surfaces of said disk to select which counter will be operated when ten or a multiple of ten is to be registered and being controlled by said cam arm when certain registrations are to be made of numbers which are other than a multiple of ten.

4. In a register, a tens setting key and a units setting key, a counter, operating means for said counter, means whereby said operating means may be moved so as to be in position to operate or not operate said counter, said last named means including a disk rotatable by the tens key, and also including a cam lever pivoted to said disk, and means controlled by said units key to control said cam lever.

5. In a register, a tens key and a units key, a counter, a pivotally mounted arm which when in one position will operate said counter and when in another position will not operate said counter, a disk provided with stepped arcuate surfaces, said disk being operatively connected to said tens key, a lever having means normally riding on one of the arcuate surfaces of said disk, means operatively connecting said lever and arm so that when said tens key is in any one of a plurality of positions said arm will be moved so as not to operate said counter and when it is in any one of a plurality of other positions said arm will be rendered operative, a cam lever carried by said disk, and means operatively connected with said units key to operate said cam lever to render said arm operative.

6. In a register, a units setting key and a tens setting key, a disk positioned by the setting of the tens setting key, a plurality of cam levers carried by said disk, means whereby said cam levers are controlled by the units setting key, a plurality of counters, means controlled by the setting of said disk and cam levers whereby any one of said counters may be selected, and means to operate the selected counter.

7. In a register, a units setting key and a tens setting key, a disk positioned by the setting of the tens setting key, a plurality of cam levers pivotally mounted on the said disk, means whereby said cam levers are controlled by the units setting key, a plurality of counters, means controlled by the setting of said disk and cam levers whereby any one of said counters may be selected, and means to operate the selected counter.

8. In a register comprising two separately operable setting keys, a counter, an actuating device for said counter movable into and out of operative relation thereto, a device controlled by one of said setting keys for causing said actuating device to be moved from its inoperative position to its operative position when said key has been moved to a predetermined position, and means controlled by the other of said keys to cause said actuating device to be moved to its operative position after the first mentioned key has been moved from its initial position and before said first mentioned key has reached said predetermined position.

9. In a register comprising a units setting key and a tens setting key having a plurality of setting positions, a counter, a normally inoperative device for actuating said counter, means controlled by said tens key for rendering said actuating device operative when said tens key has been moved beyond its first setting position, and means controlled by said units key to render said actuating device operative while said tens key is in its first setting position.

10. In a register comprising a. units setting key and a tens setting key movable to a plurality of setting positions, a plurality of counters, a device to selectively actuate said counters, means controlled by said tens setting key to adjust said actuating device to actuate one of said counters when said tens key is in a predetermined position and to adjust said actuating device to actuate another of said counters when said tens key is in another position, and means controlled by said units key to adjust said actuating device to actuate the last mentioned counter when said tens key is in the first mentioned position.

11. In a register comprising a units setting key and a tens setting key movable to a plurality of successive setting positions, two counters, a device to selectively actuate said counters, means controlled by said tens key to adjust said device to an inoperative position with relation to both counters when said tens key is in one predetermined position, to adjust said device to actuate one of said counters when said tens key is in a second predetermined position and to adjust said device to actuate the other of said counters when said tens key is in a third predetermined position, and means controlled by said units key to adjust said device to actuate the first mentioned counter when said tens key is in the first mentioned position and to adjust said device to actuate the last mentioned counter when said tens key is in said second position.

12. In a register having two setting keys, two counters, an adjustable device for selectively actuating said counters, and a selecting device actuated by one of said keys and having means to adjust said actuating device to different positions determined by the position of said key, and means controlled by the other of said keys to adjust said actuating device to a position different from the position determined solely by the position of the first mentioned key.

13. In a register having two setting keys, two counters, an adjustable device for selectively actuating said counters, and a selecting device actuated by one of said keys and having means to adjust said actuating device to different positions determined by the position of said key, and a part carried by and adjustable with relation to said selecting device to adjust said actuating device to a position different from the position determined solely by the position of said key, and means actuated by the other of said keys to control the adjustment of said part.

14. In a register having two setting keys, two counters, an adjustable device for selectively actuating said counters, a rotary cami actuated by one of said keys and having a plurality of cam surfaces, means controlled by said cam to adjust said actuating device to different positions determined by the position of said key, a supplemental cam carried by said rotary cam and movable thereon into and out of a position to operatively engage said adjusting means, and means actuated by the other of said keys to control the position of said supplemental cam.

15. In a register having two setting keys, two counters, an adjustable device fon selectively actuating said counters, a rotary cam actuated by one of said keys and having three successive surfaces of different radii, mechanism controlled by said cam to adjust said actuating device, supplemental cams carried by said rotary cam and movable to positions in which they project rspectively beyond thefirst and second surfaces of said rotary cam, and means actuated by the other of said keys to control the positions of said supplemental cams.

PERCY G. STIMSON. 

